The Melbourne Art Trams is a major public art project in Melbourne, Australia. It is a revival and re-imagining of the Transporting Art project which ran from 1978 to 1993 and saw 36 painted W-class trams rolled out across the Melbourne network.
Melbourne Festival reinvigorated the project in 2013 with an annual expression of interest process from Victorian-based artists. Seven professional and one emerging artist are commissioned each year, with their artwork digitally printed on vinyl and applied to modern trams. The eight designs are released onto the network each October as part of Melbourne Festival's visual art program.
In 2017, one design celebrated the 20 year anniversary of the shared history of tram workers and decorated trams in Melbourne and Kolkata, India. In 2018, the project was renewed for three years.
The project is funded by Melbourne Festival, Creative Victoria, Public Transport Victoria and Yarra Trams.
Artists +Melbourne Art Trams artists 2013-2018ArtistProject yearFreya Pitt 2013Brook Andrew2013Rose Nolan2013David Wadelton2013Luke Cornish (E.L.K)2013Bindi Cole2013Jon Campbell2013Joining Forces2013Jeff Makin2014Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi2014Kristin Headlam2014James Cattell2014Christian Thompson2014Janine Daddo2014Rone2014Callum Croker2014Stephen Banham2015Matthew Bird & Philip Adams2015Martine Corompt2015Louise Forthun2015Amanda Morgan2015Kathy Temin2015Tom Vincent2015James Voller2015Damiano Bertoli2016Eddie Botha2016Jon Cattapan2016Eliza Dyball2016Megan Evans and Eve Glenn2016Jocelin Lee2016Mimi Leung2016Reko Rennie2016Emma Anna2017Matthew Clarke2017Bushra Hasan2017Oliver Hutchison2017Justine McAllister2017Josh Muir2017Robert Owen2017St Albans Heights Primary School's Community Hub2017Hayley Millar-Baker2018David Larwill2018Nick Howson2018Oli Ruskidd2018Oslo Davis2018Stephen Baker2018Troy Innocent2018Valerie Tang2018Nyein Aung2019Sophie Westerman2019Kent Morris2019Nusra Latif Qureshi2019Lesley Dumbrell2019Gene Bawden2019Tricia Van Der-Kuyp2019Beaconhills College2019
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